John Dewey The Later Works, 1925-1953

by Boydston, Jo Ann; Simon, Harriet Furst; Kaplan, Abraham

• ISBN13: 9780809328208
• ISBN10: 0809328208
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-28
• Publisher: Southern Illinois Univ Pr

Summary

Art as Experience evolved from John Dewey's William James Lectures, delivered at Harvard University in 1931. Enduringly relevant, it remains fundamental in the literature of art and aesthetics.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Art as Experience	p. 1
List of Illustrations	p. 5
Preface	p. 7
The Live Creature	p. 9
The Live Creature and "Ethereal Things"	p. 26
Having an Experience	p. 42
The Act of Expression	p. 64
The Expressive Object	p. 88
Substance and Form	p. 111
The Natural History of Form	p. 139
The Organization of Energies	p. 167
The Common Substance of the Arts	p. 191
The Varied Substance of the Arts	p. 218
The Human Contribution	p. 250
The Challenge to Philosophy	p. 276
Criticism and Perception	p. 302
Art and Civilization	p. 329
Notes	p. 353
Textual Apparatus	p. 367
Textual Notes	p. 369
Textual Commentary	p. 372
Emendations List	p. 399
Substantive Variants in "The Live Creature"	p. 406
Line-End Hyphenation	p. 407
Substantive Variants in Quotations	p. 409
Checklist of Dewey's References	p. 423
Index	p. 431
Pagination Key to the First Edition	p. 454
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